§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will show the value of output per hour in the manufacturing sector(a) at 1991 prices and (b) the percentage change year on year from 1961.
§ Mr. MellorI have been asked to reply.
This information is not available in the form requested. Estimates of output per hour in the manufacturing sector are available, in index numbers at constant 1985 prices, for years from 1970. These are held as series DMBH on the Central Statistical Office database which can he accessed by the House of Commons Library.